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RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 13. —
The Hackney Brothers’ Arm of
Wilson is unhappy. The out
fit was clipped $8,500 for failing
to live up to a contract with the
State, and has powerful friends
trying to get its money refunded.
The story—first reported in this
column—goes like this:
On April 7 Hackney Brothers
got a ocntract to build bodies for
450 badly needed school buses.
Under the contract, the Wilson
firm was to deliver the buses at
the rate of seven per cent (82
buses) a week, starting one month
after the chassis were delivered
to them. The 450 chassis went
to the Wilson firm on May 10, so
the first 32 buses were to have
been delivered by June 9 and the
contract completed by September
1st.
By July 27 not one single bus
had been delivered. Hackney
pleaded wartime difficulty in get
ting steel—but the contract was
given him April 7, two and one
half months before the Korean
war started and while he still
could have ordered the steel.
On July 27, Contract and Pur-!
chase Division Director Charlie
Williams sent a registered letter
to Hackney Brothers calling for
delivery or else. The “or else”
was covered by a clause in the
contract which says: “In case
of default of the contractor, the
State may procure the articles or
services from other sources and
hold the contractor responsible
for any excess cdst occasioned
thereby.”
'Williams pulled 100 buses from
Hackney, sent them to a Georgia
firm to have bus bodies put on
them. The cost $45 per bus
above the Hackney bid of $1,110
per bus, plus some $40 per bus
in transportation and inspection
charges. In other words, each
of those 100 buses cost the State
approximately $85 more than the
Hackney hid.
It wasn’t until August 12 that
Hackney delivered the first bua.
By October lfi—a month and a
half late—the last of the original
450 buses contracted for had been
delivered, with Hackney actually
building only 350 of them.
When Hacltttey submitted his
invoice, calling for full payment
for the 350 buses, Williams de
ducted the approximately $8,500
extra it had cost for the 100
buses built by the Georgia firm.
Hackney was unhappy, he felt he
should have the full amount, de
spite the fact he had not lived
up to his contract.
Williams refused.
It wasn’t long until Larry
j Moore of Wilson, chairman of the
finance committee in the House
in the 1940 session and thereby
i a member of the Advisory Bud
get Commission, was "suggest
ing” that Hackney couldn’t help
his inability to get steel and
“shouldn't be made to suffer” be
cause of an unforseen war.
Moor? enlisted the aid of fel
low-Advisory Budget Commission
member Prank Taylor of Wayne
Taylor was chairman of the 1949
House appropriations committee
—a post he is reportedly slated
ready to hand Moore if Taylor
is named speaker of the 1951
House.
Recently Hackney was allowed
to argue his case before a secret
—as always—session of the Ad
visory Budget Commission, which
also is the board which awards
contracts.
»What happened at that session
has not been reported, but reli
able sources say no action was
taken on the Hackney matter de
spite efforts of Moore and Tay
lor.
However, it wouldn’t be sur
prising if there is an effort in the
1951 Legislature to try to get the
$8,500 handed back to the Hack
ney firm.
P.S.—This isn’t the first time
the Hackney outfit has been a lit
tle slow delivering school buses
it had contracted to build. The
firm was given a similar contract
on April 9, 1946. By June 18,
1947—more than a year later—
the firm still had not delivered.
A letter from then-Contract and
Purchase Director W. Z. Betts
said in part: “Your lack of co
operation in fulfilling any part
of your contract has given us
serious concern.” Former Di
rector Betts also gave a “deliver
or else” ultimatum.
The new buses are used to re
place old school buses. Failure
to deliver them on time could
mean a serious accident, killing
or maiming school children who
had to ride in rickety school
buses that were scheduled for re
placement.
The North Carolina Education
Association — which includes
teachers, principals, and school
superintendents—has a new item
on its 1951 legislative campaign.
It’s going to ask the General
Assembly to grant 10 days sick
leave a year—cumulative — with
full pay for teachers. This is in
addition to the sick leave setup
they have now, whereby the teach
er is allowed to stay out while
sick as long as necessary, mak
ing up the difference between
state pay and local pay to a sub
stitute.
NCEA claims it is a profes
sional organization and not a un
ion. However, the organisation
has recently taken in a “Depart
ment of Transportation,” made
up of tlje people who maintain
school buses and can by no
stretch of the imagination be
classified as "professional” peo
ple. NCEA’S main function seems
to be to holler “gimme” to the
legislature.
Few people realise the enormous
Job that John Gold undertook
when he took over as prisons di
rector. He says he’s learning as
. he goes along. •
His ideas are sound. He be
lieves the pison department has
a great responsibility. Rehabili
; tation of the prisoner should be
! the primary aim of the prison,
| Gold says. Every effort should
1 be made to turn him out as a
j good citixen, able to live and work
| with his fellow man. Being in
; prison is, of course, punishment
i for law violation. But Gold be
lieves the prisoner should be
taught discipline, through obey
ing prison rules and regulations;
a trade, so that he will be able
to care for himself when he gets
out; and the will to become and
remain a good citizen.
That in itself is a big job.
It would be an easier job if the
State could afford to spend plenty
of money on its prison system.
But when you realize the
sprawling, nature of our prison
system, then you realize what a
tremendous administrative job
John Gbld has.
There are 86 prison camps,
sprinkled from one end of North
Carolina to the other. There is
the youth center at Camp But
ner, Caledonia farm. Camp Polk
dairy farm. Woman’s Prison and
Central Prison. As of December
1 there tpgre 9.122 prisoners.
Here’s just one of the minor
problems—6,000 hogs are used a
year in feeding prisoners. These
must' be raised, processed and
transported to the various unite.
The bare necessity of feeding,
clothing, housing and guarding
prisoners is a big undertaking.
And when you add a program of
prison reform, rehabilitation, andj
an attempt to add to prison in
dustries, brother, you have a real
headache.
Gold is taking it in stride. He’s
investigating every report of mis
treatment of prisoners, misfeas
ance in office. He’s keeping the
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